Measure C passed with just 54% support, leaving nearly half of Santa Cruz city residents not wanting it. Some of those naysayers are concerned about loopholes, transparency and who will actually ...

A look at what's happening in Santa Cruz County politics & policy, from Flock Safety cameras in the city of Santa Cruz to Mid ...

Utah resident Danielle Staley, missing for more than two weeks after reportedly vanishing from an Aptos beach, has been found ...

Facing major cost overruns on a stretch of the Coastal Rail Trail and the risk of losing millions in state funding for the ...

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is hosting its Winter Wonderland celebration from Thursday through Jan. 4. Admission is free, ...

Chris and Tiffany Phillips have transformed their former shower door shop in Live Oak into Santa Cruz Mushrooms, a boutique ...

UC Santa Cruz will extend its faculty hiring slowdown to address an $80 million deficit, planning to hire only five ...

The UC Santa Cruz Jazz Big Band is holding a concert on Dec. 7 at the Music Center Recital Hall, with guest artist Benny ...

Tax receipts are down almost 30% in one California farm town, where immigrants are afraid to go out and some longtime workers are weighing self-deportation during the second Trump administration.

Northbound Highway 9 at Prospect Avenue in Ben Lomond is down to one-way traffic because of emergency work. This is expected ...

A person in their early 20s was airlifted to a trauma center after falling an estimated 80 feet from a tree near UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, according to Cal Fire officials. A second person who had ...

The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office is intensifying its weeklong search for 73-year-old Jeanne Burke, an at-risk woman last seen near the Felton quarry and surrounding roads last Tuesday. More than ...